Collaborative contacts

Information sharing across Collaboratives is encouraged in order share learnings, insight and best practice approaches when responding to abuse, neglect and exploitation of older people and adults with disability. Use this list to contact Collaborative chairs.

Blue Mountains Prevention of Elder Abuse Collaborative

LGA: Blue Mountains

Collaborative Chair/Convenors: Prue Hardgrove

EmailPHardgrove@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

LGA(s): Blue Mountains

Canterbury Bankstown Collaborative for the Prevention of Abuse of People with Disability

LGA: Canterbury Bankstown

Collaborative Chair/Convenors: Dominique Gaitt and Sandra Loyola-Sandoval

Emaildominique.gaitt@cbcity.nsw.gov.au or sandra.loyola-sandoval@cbcity.nsw.gov.au

LGA(s): Canterbury Bankstown

Central West Region Collaborative for the Prevention of Abuse to Older People

LGA: Orange/Bathurst

Collaborative Chair/Convenors: Kim McLean, Amanda Rodwell and Sue Robertson

EmailKMcLean@orange.nsw.gov.au ARodwell@orange.nsw.gov.au and Susan.Herbertson@upa.org.au

LGA(s): Bathurst; Blayney; Cabonne; Cowra; Forbes; Lachlan; Lithgow; Oberon; Orange; Parkes; Weddin

City of Sydney & Eastern Sydney Abuse of Older People Collaborative

LGA: Eastern Suburbs

Collaborative Chair/Convenors: Joseph Ferrer

Emailssdo@innersydneyvoice.org.au

LGA(s): City of Sydney, Waverley, Woollahra, Randwick, Bayside

Coffs Harbour and Coffs Coast Elder Abuse Preventuuib Collaborative

LGA: Coffs Harbour

Collaborative Chair/Convenors: Bronwyn Chalmers and Lorraine Penn

Emailcoffsharbour@ownnsw.org.au

LGA(s): Coffs Harbour

Hastings-Macleay Abuse of Older People Collaborative (HAOPC)

LGA: Port Macquarie - Hastings

Collaborative Chair/Convenors:Meggie Molony and Jillian McDonnell

Emailmeggiemolony@bluesky.org.au and pmcd4@optusnet.com.au

LGA(s): Port-Macquarie-Hastings

Hunter Central Coast Elder Abuse Collaborative (3 LGA’s)

LGA: Central Coast, Hunter, Newcastle

Collaborative Chair/Convenors: Tanya Chapman and Peta McGrath

Emailtchapman@bakerlove.com.au and pmcgrath@lakemac.nsw.gov.au

LGA(s): Central Coast, Newcastle, Lake Macquarie

Illawarra Prevention of Older Person Abuse (POPA) and Shoalhaven Older Abuse Prevention Network (SOAP)

LGA: Illawarra and Shoalhaven

Collaborative Chair/Convenors: Katelin McInerney and Belinda Crook

Emailkmcinerney@cigroup.org.au and belinda.crook@shellharbour.nsw.gov.au

LGA(s): Wollongong, Shellharbour, Kiama, Shoalhaven, Wingcarribee

Inner West Region Abuse of Older People Collaborative

LGA: Inner West & Canterbury

Collaborative Chair/Convenors: Nicole Parker Pryor

EmailNicole.Parker@health.nsw.gov.au

LGA(s): Inner West, Canada Bay, Burwood, Strathfield, some of Canterbury Bankstown

Northern Rivers Communities of Practice Ageing

LGA: Northern Rivers

Collaborative Chair/Convenors: Ian O’Reilly and Meredith Elton

Emailsectordevelopment@socialfutures.org.au

LGA(s): Tweed, Byron, Kyogle, Richmond Valley, Ballina, Lismore, Clarence Valley

South West Sydney Elder Abuse Awareness Collaborative

LGA: South West Sydney

Collaborative Chair/Convenors: Briony Chasle and Eunice Sansour

EmailBriony.chasle@health.nsw.gov.au and ssdo@tmn.net.au

LGA(s): Canterbury-Bankstown, Camden, Campbelltown, Fairfield, Liverpool, Wingecarribee, Wollondilly

St George Prevention of Abuse of Older Person Collaborative

LGA: St George

Collaborative Chair/Convenors: Anne Weir, Ibtisam Hammoud and Mayna Hung

Emailanne.weir@health.nsw.gov.au, Ibtisam.hammoud@3bridges.org.au and maynah@advancediversity.org.au

LGA(s): Georges River, Bayside

Sutherland: Collaborative Against Abuse of Older People in Sutherland Shire

LGA: Sutherland Shire

Collaborative Chair/Convenors: Julie Dale

Emailjulied@ecs.org.au

LGA(s): Sutherland Shire

Wagga Wagga Elder Abuse Collaborative Team (WWEACT)

LGA: Wagga Wagga

Collaborative Chair/Convenors: Samantha

Emailsrs@racr.org.au

LGA(s): Wagga Wagga; surrounding areas supported

Last updated:

21 Feb 2025

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